Operating systems

The FIX message viewer is a set of Ruby scripts that parse FIX (Financial Information eXchange protocol) messages to display them in a more human-readable format. The viewer can only parse FIX messages in a file or from STDIN. It also expects a full FIX message on each line. The FIX message can be prepended with a timestamp, but this will be ignored. The output is colored to make it easier to read, and the MsgType field is highlighted. The log viewer works on the command line only, and requires that Ruby is installed.

FIX Latency takes a FIX protocol log as input and calculates the number of orders (35=D), the average response to the order (35=8,39=0), and the highest and lowest response times. In order to keep memory usage low, the script only reads 4096 bytes of the log at a time.

Panel Fix is a program that allows you to save and restore the positions and states of GNOME panel applets. It can be useful if your panel applets get rearranged against your will. When saving applet configuration, the program will also save some additional information for easier manual configuration.

Rescatux is a GNU/Linux rescue CD that comes with Rescapp, a nice wizard that will guide you through your rescue tasks. It can restore Grub to the MBR update a Grub configuration, perform filesystem checks, fix a Windows MBR, and more. Features that can indirectly assist the rescue process include chat programs to let you reach human online help, a share log (automatic pastebin), and a share log that uses formatting appropriate for posting on a forum.

Libtrading is a C library for trading securities, foreign exchange, and financial derivatives electronically. It implements market data, order entry, drop copy, and related communications protocols used by exchanges and alternative trading venues across the world. The library is designed for high performance and robustness. Although latency is very important in trading today's markets, achieving it it must not jeopardize trading reliability.

Fast FIX Parser (FFP) is a library for parsing Financial Information eXchange (FIX) messages. It takes input bytes as they arrive from, for example, a socket, and converts them into a representation of FIX messages which can be further analysed for semantic checks, converted into “business” structures, etc. It also provides a way to specify which tags are allowed for a particular message and verifies this specification at runtime.